97: Chapter 97 I only took a nap, how did the weather change?

[Congratulations, your Magic Pet Iron-Eating Beast has reached level 20, you can choose a new Hextech Rune.]

In the deepest part of the dense forest,

a goose-down bed, completely out of place in the wilderness, sat right there.

A slender young man lay on the bed.

Listening to the continuous system notifications in his mind, he slowly opened his sleepy eyes.

Who else could sleep peacefully in a wilderness teeming with monsters,

other than Lu Yuan?

"Sorry, little guy, I fell asleep.

I wasn't able to choose your new Hextech Rune in time."

Lu Yuan vigorously rubbed the Iron-Eating Beast's furry ears.

The feeling was truly unbeatable.

Afterwards,

he opened the system panel and muttered in his heart.

"Select a new Hextech Rune for the Iron-Eating Beast."

Swoosh!!

Lights flickered, and three cards appeared in front of Lu Yuan.

[Silver · Icy]: Your slowing effects gain additional slowing power.

[Gold · Critical Missile]: When you trigger a critical hit, fire an additional missile.

[Silver · Heavyweight Striker]: Your attacks deal physical damage equal to 3% of your maximum HP.

...

"Emmm..."

Lu Yuan glanced at the three runes and immediately chose Heavyweight Striker for the Iron-Eating Beast.

"This is going to lead the Iron-Eating Beast further and further down the path of 'fists meeting flesh'."

Although the Iron-Eating Beast didn't have infinitely increasing HP,

however,

the [Attribute Forger] could also enhance its HP.

[Iron-Eating Beast (Cub)]

[Race Rank: Diamond]

[Level: 23]

[HP: 103500]

[MP: 2500]

[Attack Power: 11900]

[Strength: 1190]

[Constitution: 1035]

[Agility: 893]

[Spirit: 25]

[Race Skills: Deterrence (High-Rank), Bear Dominance (High-Rank)]

[General Skills: Unable to Use!!]

[Hextech Runes: Silver · Qualitative Change, Gold · Qualitative Change, Qualitative Change · Chaos, Gold · Lethal Tempo, Silver · Spirit to Strength, Prismatic · Return to Basics, Silver · Heavyweight Striker]

[Rune Set: Dice Roller (3)]

...

The Iron-Eating Beast was too hardworking!!

Its synergy with [Dice Roller] was maxed out.

Coupled with the blessing of numerous 'Hextech Runes',

the speed at which it triggered [Attribute Forger] was extremely fast.

Its stats were stacking up at lightning speed~

Now, the Iron-Eating Beast's HP had already exceeded 100,000 points.

Combined with [Heavyweight Striker],

every basic attack could deal an additional 3% of its maximum HP as physical damage.

Each basic attack added 3,000 points of extra damage.

Plus the blessing of Return to Basics, its basic attack damage increased by 35%.

In total,

its basic attack damage reached as high as 19,170!!

Nearly 20,000 points!

Although it still couldn't compare to the freakish Slime,

it was already quite monstrous.

Lu Yuan patted the Iron-Eating Beast's butt.

"Go on, Iron-Eating Beast."

"It's time to show your true strength."

"Awoo!"

In the Iron-Eating Beast's small eyes, there was a great sense of seriousness.

It immediately got on all fours and charged out.

Ready to wreak havoc.

Then,

looking at the empty dense forest, it fell silent.

Iron-Eating Beast: ???

Lu Yuan: ???

"I don't know either, I've been sleeping the whole time."

"Where are the monsters?"

Just then,

the ground began to tremble slightly.

In the distance, an unusually tall figure appeared, resembling a small mountain made of clashing bones.

It was slowly moving toward where Lu Yuan was.

"What is that thing?"

Lu Yuan was a bit confused.

If he hadn't felt the throb of the contract,

he would have been ready to run away.

"This... is it actually the Little Skeleton?"

Lu Yuan watched the growing Little Skeleton in disbelief.

The Skeleton Soldier, over 20 meters tall, carrying the petite BOSS corpse, arrived in front of Lu Yuan.

It knelt on one knee.

"Master, I have fulfilled my mission."

"Very good."

Lu Yuan habitually raised his hand, wanting to pat the Skeleton Soldier's body.

But looking at the Skeleton Soldier, which was as tall as an ancient mountain,

he gave up immediately.

Then he immediately began to carefully check the system logs.

[Ding, your Magic Pet Slime has accumulated a large number of monsters, and its EXP has increased significantly.]

[Ding, your Magic Pet Little Skeleton has killed a large number of monsters, and its EXP has increased significantly.]

[Ding, your Magic Pet Iron-Eating Beast has killed a large number of monsters, and its EXP has increased significantly.]

[...]

[Ding, your Magic Pet Skeleton Soldier has killed the Lord-level BOSS Mech Goblin, gaining 15,300 EXP.]

[Tank Engine +1, size increased by 5%, maximum HP increased by 5%.]

[Skeleton Soldier Level +1, current level 27]

So,

during the time he was asleep,

the three Magic Pets had already cleared out all the Goblins.

They had successfully summoned the Goblin BOSS and killed it!!

Although the vast majority of the monsters here were bombarded by the Slime,

the Little Skeleton had also taken the opportunity to stack up quite a few Heartsteel layers.

Its HP and size had seen a very monstrous increase.

Lu Yuan looked at the Little Skeleton's attribute panel.

[Skeleton Soldier (Demon Variant)]

[Race Rank: Gold High-Rank]

[Height: 20 meters]

[Level: LV.28]

[HP: 725734]

[MP: 2700]

[Attack Power: 890]

[Strength: 89]

[Constitution: 409]

[Agility: 90]

[Spirit: 27]

[Race Skills: Demon Body (High-Rank)]

[General Skills]:

[Low-Rank: Parry (MAX), Block (MAX), Iron Block (MAX), Stone Skin (MAX)]

[Mid-Rank: Deflection (MAX), Absolute Defense (MAX), Steel Bulwark (MAX), Spiked Defense (MAX), Bone Armor (MAX)]

[Hextech Runes: Gold · Heartsteel (6435), Tank Engine (5 stacks), Prismatic · Goliath Giant]

...

"Holy crap."

As the Little Skeleton's master,

Lu Yuan couldn't help but be shocked when he saw its attribute panel.

20 meters tall!

HP as high as 700,000.

Plus a whole set of defensive skills.

It was more like a BOSS than the actual BOSS!!

A smile appeared on Lu Yuan's handsome face.

"Not bad, not bad!"

The effects of Heartsteel and Tank Engine were finally starting to show their truly monstrous nature.

Moreover,

after absorbing that golden skull, a dull gold color began to permeate all the bones of the Little Skeleton.

This caused a earth-shaking change in its aura.

Lu Yuan's level had also long since risen to 29.

He was only one step away from reaching level 30 and summoning a new Magic Pet.

The Slime also yawned and crawled out from Lu Yuan's shoulder.

"Second brother..."

"Hmm???"

Seeing the Skeleton Soldier, whose size was so massive it couldn't even fit in its eyes,

the Slime was stunned.

You thick-browed, big-eyed Skeleton Soldier!

I just took a nap, how did you get so big?

Are you planning a rebellion!?!